White-fronted Chat

The White-fronted Chat is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

The White-fronted Chat is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Chatswood, Homebush and Randwick, the White-fronted Chat is now found in just two Sydney locations: Towra Point, Botany Bay and Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay. Australian Museum Ecologist, Richard Major, said the birds are particularly vulnerable to habitat loss and the pressures of isolation. "The national population of White-fronted Chats declined by 36% between 1980 and 2000 and its demise across the greater Sydney region is particularly striking," he said. More

The White-fronted Chat lives in salt marsh and other damp areas with low vegetation such as swampy farmland and roadside verges. Sometimes occurs on beaches and the edges of lakes. Behaviour and adaptations Seasonality Mostly sedentary, although there may be some nomadic movements, particularly in the drier areas of its range. More

The following is a photograph of a male White-fronted Chat at Rottnest Island in November 2001. The following is a photograph of a male White-fronted Chat on a fence near Busselton in May 2002. More

Male White-fronted Chats have a white face, breast and belly, dissected by a distinctive black band across the breast that extends around to the back of the head. Females have similar markings but they are gradations of grey-brown, rather than black-white, and the breast band is narrower. Immatures are similar to the female, but the breast band is very faint or missing. More

The White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Epthianura albifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007. Stub icon This article about a honeyeater is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

detailed study of the white-fronted chat suggested that males defend the nest and their mate rather than a territory. They display in flight and from perches, where they dip their tails and raise the colorful feathers on their heads or back ends. Calls are mostly simple and metallic, with pretty twittering or piping songs, and, when threatened, harsh churring calls. Crimson and orange chats are highly mobile, displaying a north-south seasonal migration, as well as nomadic movements in response to local rainfall. More

The White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Accommodation Online Hotel Club Hotels Combined Hotels. More

Wales the White-fronted Chat occurs mostly in the southern half of the state, occurring in damp open habitats along the coast, and near waterways in the western part of the state (Higgins et al. 2001). 3. The White-fronted Chat is regarded as resident in many areas, but has been referred to as nomadic in some places (Higgins et al. 2001). More

White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons population in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority area - proposed endangered population listing = NSW Scientific Committee - preliminary determination - The Scientific Committee, established by the Threatened Species Conservation Act, has made a Preliminary Determination to support a proposal to list a population of the White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons (Jardine & Selby, 1828) in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority area as an ENDANGERED POPULATION in More

Conservation ecology of the White-fronted Chat - a declining bird in an endangered ecological community A project undertaken at the Australian Museum and supervised by Richard Major and Rebecca Johnson Habitat fragmentation and modification associated with urban development are key threats to native fauna and their intensity compounds with global climate change. More

Female White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons)Female White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) Taken on Moorunde, 12 mile Plain, 26 Oct 2009, 13:26 hrs, by Brett Smith More

White-fronted chats also occasionally eat gastropods, crustaceans, and seeds. This species gleans its prey from the ground, dry and wet, or from shallow water, and may run after aerial prey. They rarely capture flying insects. The other chats show similar foraging methods, while seeds are a more important component of the diet of gibberbirds. Crimson chats also take nectar. More

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The White-fronted Chat is a small bird (approximately 13cm in length). Males have distinctive black and white markings while females are are a duller, greyish-brown colour. White-fronted Chats are insectivorous, and forage in small flocks for midges, kelp-flies, beetles and other insects. The species has a wide distribution across coastal and inland southern Australia. It occurs in saltmarsh and other damp areas with low vegetation, such as swampy farmland, roadside verges and sometimes beaches, lake edges and mudflats. More